IGN for PlayStation, a Free App for Your PlayStation 4

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You cut the cord, you beat the games on PS4. Now what?

By Mark Ryan Sallee

Update: The IGN for PlayStation app is now available in the United States and Canada, in addition to the UK, EU and Australia. You can download the app in the PlayStation Store on your PS4, or follow these links to the PlayStation Store's website and send the app to your PS4.

When I joined IGN nearly a decade ago, we ran a website with text articles that sometimes had videos. Usually as download links. Video on the Internet was an afterthought, if a thought at all.

IGN.com, circa 2004

Now in 2013, our post-YouTube world is different. IGN video content is watched by millions, and in many cases competes head-to-head with our written articles. IGN now produces hours of original video content, every day. So we wondered, what might IGN look like if everything was video?

IGN for PlayStation, our brand-new app for PlayStation 4, is our first try at answering that question.

Exit Theatre Mode

Launching the IGN for PlayStation app is like flipping on a TV channel made for enthusiast game fans. Breaking news hits the app at the same time it shows up on the IGN front page. New episodes of Up at Noon, and our other fine video series, feed into the app regularly. We've created a complete IGN experience using only video, because that's what TVs do best.

And while I've compared our app experience to turning on a TV channel, it's more than that. Television is great when you don't know exactly what you want, but the Internet has taught us all that people like control of content. So IGN for PlayStation intros a video experience I'm dubbing "Play Next," which combines the lazy lean-back experience of television with the hands-on control of the Internet.

IGN for PlayStation, circa 2013. Batteries not included, but Daemon is

You can bounce in and out of a full-screen view, minimizing the running video to continue browsing for new stuff that tickles your fancy. Find a review for a game you want and you can watch it immediately, or tell the app to play the review after the current video has run its course. Don't want to watch a certain video? Just tap R1 to skip it. Be active. Be lazy. The app doesn't care.

All the app cares is that you install it, love it, and watch it every day. It's a fresh set video game news, reviews, shows and trailers, updated with the same content and frequency as our website. It's Greg, Naomi, Colin, and Daemon on your TV, doing what TVs do best. It's IGN for PlayStation.

How to download

The IGN for PlayStation app is found in the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 4. Jump into the store, navigate to "Apps" and you'll find the lovely IGN icon waiting for you. The app is free.